Return-hoop toy.



E. P. BEA'DLES. RETURN H001" TOY. APPLICATION FILED JULY 28, 1914.

1,116,786. i Paten1 edN0v.10,1914.

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Application filed July 28, 1914. Serial No. 853,582. I

v To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD P. BEADLES,

a citizen of the- UnitedStates, residingat Danville, in the county of Pittsylvania and State of Virginia, have invented'certain new and useful Improvements in'Returni- I-Ioop Toys and I do hereby declare the following to b'e'fa' full, clear,"and'exact description of'the invention, such as will fenable' others skilled .in the art'towhich'it appertains to'make and use the same. p 1,3 My'invention consists "in the -novel fea,

tures hereinafter described, reference being -had tothe accompanying drawingwhirih showsan embodiment of the invention selected by me for purposes of illustration,

and the said invention is fully disclosed in full lines, with the elastic flexib member wound around the samje, and the the following description and claims. Y

Referring to the said drawings, Figure 1' shows my improved return hoop or toy'in handle held in' the hand preparatory to throwing the hoop, and illustrating 'in dotted lines, the manner of using the toy and 1 its operation in use. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the hoop detached. Fig. 3 is a view showing the flexible elastic spinning mem- .ber. Fig. t is an edge view of the hoop I a to return 1100 that is to sa an arran e.

showing the retaining devices therein for detachably engaging one end of the spinning member. Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of a portion of the hoop and-spinning member showing the parts in the position which they occupy just before the hoop is thrown. I j

The object of my invention is to provide ment by which a light hoop can be rapidly thrown, by a child or other operator using the same to a considerable distance, a back spin being imparted to the hoop by the spinning member forming part of the toy so that when the hoop strikes the ground, or has reached the limit of its movement under the impetus of the throw, the backspinimparted to it. will cause it to rollback along the ground to the operator or user so'that it can be rapidly thrown and caught without of the user materially changing the necessity his position and the whole therefore constitutes a useful and amusing toy. In the I embodiment of my invention herein shown,

which I have selected for purposes of illustration, it comprises essentially two mem bers, a light hoop l which is preferably e spinning the retainingshoulder 4 S earm nto naiearaagf "Patented NV.,1o,11914; I

made of light wood or'thin sheet metal or other suitable material, and is provided with a peripheral groove. indicated at 2. hoop is also provided with suitable means for retaining detachably one endof the spin-- ning member and the retaining means are 1 so "constructed that-the hoop can have the spinning member wound around it ineither direction to facilitate the use of the device and obviate the necessity of placing the hoop in a particular relation memberm Inthe presentinstance these rewith the spinning;

taining devices are formed by'providi'ng the T I lateral flanges -33 of the'hoop, on opposite sides of the groove2, 44 and 5-5, the recessesofeachpan hav- 9 ing an undercutshoulder 4 with pairs of recesses and 5 asbe st. l

seen in-Fig. '5, the said undercut'shoulders' I P and 5 tions. prises'a elastic material which may-be in the form of a rubberco'rd 6, one end of which is providedgwitha handle"? of any suitable con struction to be easily. heldbetweenthe palm being inclined in 1 opposite dire'c The flexible spinning member- P e of X g and. preferably and the third and fourth fingers of thehand,

leaving the thumb and the firstandjsecond fingers free to hold the hoop. "The; other end of the flexible spinning member is provided with means for engagingdetachably the retaining means-onthehoop', and inthis instance, I have showntheflexible' elastic member 6 provided with aloop 8 'of'wire,

which isadapted to be placed in engagement withthe recesses 4-4 or 5+5'and to engage connect the spinning member with the hoop so that'it can-bewound aroundthe hoop and made [to 'lie' in the peripheral gr we 2 thereof, as shown in-Fig's. land 5.1 1 p i to temporarily 3:

In usingfthe toy, the loop 8 is engaged .1

with one s'etof notches or recesses, as shownin Fig; "5 and the flexible elastic member 6 is wound around the hoop, which then held by the thumb! and first two 'fin'ger'sjo'r the thumb and the first finger, while the handle? is firmly grasped and retained be tween the remaming fingers and the palm,

as shown in full" lines at A in Fig.- '1. The operatorv then preferably swings his arm rearwardly, as indicated in dotted lines at B, and then forwardly, releasing theflhoop but retaining hold of the handle of the] v I y I spinning member. The horgois thus thrown forwardyasindicated at, following the trajectory indicated by the dotted line a, and

and which willalso be assisted by the elastic jerk rearward, imparted to thefretaining shoulder or Assoon as theelastlc flexible member (3 is entirely unwound, the

hoop becomes entirelv detachedtherefrom and flies onward, while rotating backward ,u'n'tll it reaches. the ground and its forward momentum ischecked, as shown at D in Fig.

.1; in dotted lines, whereuponthe gback spin imparted to the hoop will cause it to rotate backward in the direction of the arrowd, Fig; 1, and will carry it back to the user or operator, as indicated at E in dotted lines. The operation can be repeated as'often as desired, and will afford considerable entertainment and amusement to children and others t.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is': i v 1. A return'hoop toy comprising among itsmembers a light hoop, provided with a peripheral groove, and a'flexiblespinning member, of a-length substantially equal to theperiphery of said hoop, adapted to engage said; groove, for imparting a backward spin tothe hoop, and having a hand engagingportion at one end, the other end of said flexible member, and said hoop being provided with interlocking portions, whereby when the said flexible member is secured to and wound around the hoop, the hand engagingportion-being retained by the-hand otthe. operator, thje'hoop'inay be thrown to considerable distance and will be returned to the operator along-jthe ground by the backward spin imparted toxit by said flexible member.

2, Areturn hoop toy comprising among its members a light hoop provided with a peripheral groove,and a fiexible longitudi-. nallyela-stlcspinn ng member, of a length substantially equal to the periphery of said hoop,,adapted to engage said groove, for impartinga backward spin to the hoop, and

having a-hand engaging portion at one end vanda heopengaglngdevice at the other, the hoop-bemg-provided with means for detach- 1 ably engaging said hoop engaging device, whereby when sa d elastic spmmng member is wound around the hoop and the hoop is thrown the hand engaging portion of the spinning member being retained by the hand of the operator, the hoop may be thrown to a considerable distance and will be returned to the, operator along the ground by the backward spin imparted to itby said fiexi ble elastic spinning member.

3. A return hoop toy comprising among its members a light hoop provided with a peripheral groove, and oppositely disposed retaining members, of a flexible spinning member, of alength substantially equal to the periphery of said hoop, provided at one endwith a handle, and at the other end with a retaining device for detachably engaging either ,oithe said retaining members, 013138 mit the splnning member to be det'achably secured to: one of said retaining members and wound in either direction around said hoop, whereby the hoop may be thrown to aoconsiderable distance by an operator, while retaining hold of thesaid handle, and the backward spin imparted tothe hoop will cause it to return along the ground to the operator. v

, 4. A return hoop toy comprising among its members a light hoop provided with a peripheral groove-having the lateral flange portions on opposite sides of said groove,

provided with two sets of notches having inclined retaining shoulders, the SZLlCl shoulders of one palr of notches being inclined oppo-sitelyfrom the'shoulders of the other pair of notches, and a flexibly elastic spinning member, provided at one end with a loop to detachably engage the shoulders of either pair of notches, and having a short handle se-v cured to the other end, whereby when the said loop is detachably secured to the hoop and the spinning member is wound around said hoop in either direction, and the handle retained in the hand, the hoop may be thrown a considerable distance, and will be I returned along the ground to the operator by the backward spin imparted to the hoop by said elastic spinning member.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD PAYSON BEADLES. lvitnessesz B. S. SHONINGER, r W. E. GRreos.

c it this patent may beobtained for five eent's eachfby addressing the Commissioner of latent, r Washington, I). G. i 

